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Templer looks like something I could understand - I am not a programmer. Suppose I had a tree of html snippets built up over time, and I added a new snippet an
by keithpeter 14y ago
Templer looks like something I could understand - I am not a programmer.
Suppose I had a tree of html snippets built up over time, and I added a new snippet and then issued the templer command. Would the html files of unchanged snippets have been 'touched'? Would 'assets' be re-copied?
I use lftp to selectively upload pages and their associated assets to a remote server.
I'm attempting to find something better than the bash script hacks I currently use...
- stevekemp 14y agoI'm pleased that it seems understandable. Templer has two modes of operation: 1. Files are processed/copied from beneath the input tree to the output tree. 2. Files are worked on "in-place". In the latter case only files that need to be rebuilt are ever touched/modified/updated. The same applies with the "input/ -> output/" mode of operation, but there is the caveat that I expect people run "make clean", or similar, every now and again. If you didn't, if you just re-ran it every now and again only the things that had changed, or were missing, would be updated. (Assets are actually copied each time, if you're not running in-place, but we use tar to do it intelligently, so timestamps, etc wouldn't be changed unnecessarily.)
- keithpeter 14y ago"...if you just re-ran it every now and again only the things that had changed, or were missing, would be updated." Exactly the behaviour I was hoping for. I've 'cloned' your repository and will proceed to play. Thanks for making this generally available.
- stevekemp 14y agoAs per the other link there are a lot of these systems out there, each with different pros and cons. If you spot bugs or have suggestion please do drop me a mail/raise an issue.